01500cam a2200241 4500 1262080589 TxAuBib 080313s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008011761 9780307266392 0307266397 (OCoLC)20809 DLC DLC IG# BAKER BTCTA YDXCP ZJI CDX BWX UPZ IXA VP@ TxAuBib Filkins, Dexter. The forever war / Dexter Filkins. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. x, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-353) and index. Introduction -- Only this -- Forebodings -- New York -- Jang -- Broken hearts -- Expectant -- Gone forever : video : the kiss -- A hand in the air : blonde -- Kicking ass : view from the air -- The man within -- Kill yourself : cloud : Mogadishu -- Pearland Habibi -- Vanishing -- Communiques -- Just talking -- The Mahdi -- Proteus id -- Communiques -- The revolution devours its own : the normal -- The labyrinthe : orange moon -- Fuck us -- The boss -- The turning -- The departed -- Epilogue : laika. A prizewinning ""New York Times"" correspondent chronicles a remarkable chain of events that begins with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continues with the attacks of 9/11, and moves on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq War, 2003-2011.